English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Robert Stephen Hawker
684. And Shall Trelawny Die?
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A merry heart and true!
King James’s men shall understand
What Cornish lads can do.
And shall Trelawny die?
Here’s twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why!
A merry wight was he:
’If London Tower were Michael’s hold,
We’ll set Trelawny free!
The Severn is no stay,
With “one and all,” and hand in hand,
And who shall bid us nay?
A pleasant sight to view,
Come forth! come forth, ye cowards all,
Here’s men as good as you.
Trelawny he may die;
But here’s twenty thousand Cornish bold
Will know the reason why!’